jsf inputSecret

[jrthor2]

I have the following code for my password text box:

<h:inputSecret styleClass="inputSecret" id="password" required="true"><f:validateLength minimum="6" maximum="8"></f:validateLength></h:inputSecret>

In my Login.java class, when I try to print out the value of password after submitting the page, it always comes back null. Here is my code for the Login.java class:

public class Login extends PageCodeBase {

	protected HtmlScriptCollector scriptCollector1;
	protected HtmlForm form1;
	protected HtmlOutputText text2;
	protected HtmlInputSecret password;
	protected HtmlMessage message2;
	protected HtmlCommandExButton submit;
	protected UIParameter param1;
	protected HtmlOutputText text1;
	String userid;
	protected HtmlMessage message1;
	protected HtmlScriptCollector getScriptCollector1() {
		if (scriptCollector1 == null) {
			scriptCollector1 =
				(HtmlScriptCollector) findComponentInRoot("scriptCollector1");
		}
		return scriptCollector1;
	}
	protected HtmlForm getForm1() {
		if (form1 == null) {
			form1 = (HtmlForm) findComponentInRoot("form1");
		}
		return form1;
	}
	protected HtmlOutputText getText2() {
		if (text2 == null) {
			text2 = (HtmlOutputText) findComponentInRoot("text2");
		}
		return text2;
	}
	protected HtmlInputSecret getPassword() {
		if (password == null) {
			password = (HtmlInputSecret) findComponentInRoot("password");
		}
		return password;
	}
	protected HtmlMessage getMessage2() {
		if (message2 == null) {
			message2 = (HtmlMessage) findComponentInRoot("message2");
		}
		return message2;
	}
	protected HtmlCommandExButton getSubmit() {
		if (submit == null) {
			submit = (HtmlCommandExButton) findComponentInRoot("submit");
		}
		return submit;
	}
	
	protected HtmlOutputText getText1() {
		if (text1 == null) {
			text1 = (HtmlOutputText) findComponentInRoot("text1");
		}
		return text1;
	}
	public String getUserid() {
		return userid;
	}
	public void setUserid(String newUserid)	{
		userid = newUserid;
	}
	protected HtmlMessage getMessage1() {
		if (message1 == null) {
			message1 = (HtmlMessage) findComponentInRoot("message1");
		}
		return message1;
	}
	
	public String doSubmitAction() {
		System.out.println("Userid: "+userid);
		System.out.println("Password: "+password);
			// Type Java code to handle command event here
			// Note, this code must return an object of type String (or null)
			System.out.println("inside doSubmitAction");
			if (userid.equals("xxx") && password.equals("xxx")) {
				System.out.println("inside success");
				return "success";
			} else {
				System.out.println("inside failure");
				return "failure";
			}
		}
}

[jrthor2]

got it working